The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE A. MAINWARING. This bankrupt was described as formally of Worthing House, Basinghall-street, of the Army and Navy Club, Pall-mall, and Bury-street, St. James's, late as Captain in her Majesty's service, and this was an adjourned meeting for consideration of the discharge. From the accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Haylee, it appears that the debts due to unsecured creditors, £13,124 ; liabilities £1,026 ; to creditors hotting security, £4,800; the assets are stated, property given up to assignees, £760; ditto, in lands of credit, £390. Mr Munro asked for an adjournment, as Mr C. E. Lewis) the bankrupt's solicitor, was unable to attend through illness. Mr Sargood, for creditors, said he would not object, and an adjournment was taken to the 25th June. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) IN RE KERSEY. This bankrupt was a farmer at Winston, Suffolk, and passed and obtained an order of dischargs without opposi tion. The accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles shows Dr. to Cr. £770 ; to ditto holding securities, £275 ; property in hands of creditors, £216; ditto in the hands of debtor, £275. IN RE COLLIER. This bankrupt was described as of Oakley-street, Lam beth, tool maker, and this was a meeting for last examina tion and discharge. Mr. Brough appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Sargood, instructed by Mr. J. B. Sorrell, Mark-lane, for the bankrupt. Mr. Brough examined the bankrupt, and ultimately said that he would not object to the bankrupt passing, as a large amount of property had been realised, and the bank rupt appeared to be willing to render all possible assistance. The bankrupt, therefore, passed, the consideration of the order of discharge being adjourned for a month. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE GASRELL. This bankrupt was described as of Thornhaugh, North ampton, farmer, and this was a meeting for last examina tion and discharge. The accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Haylea shows—creditors unsecured, £2,237; property given up, £386 ; deficiency, £2,161. An adjournment took place for further inquiry. The bankrupt was surviving executor under his mother's will, and was a debtor to her at the time of her death ; he had also received a sum of between £3OO and £4OO just before his bankruptcy, and paid it away to hie landlord. Mr. E. Reed therefore required further accounts. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The requirements of the mercantile community have increased with the reduction in the rate of discount. The demand to-day for accommodation is larger than it has been for some time past, but capital is abundant, and the bill brokers are com peting for the business brought forward. The quotations in the open market range from 61 per cent. upwards. The Council of the Bank of France have reduced their rate of discount from 7 to 6 per cent. A parcel of gold representing £52,000, was pur• chased yesterday by the Bank of England. The Ellora leaves to-day for Bombay with £59,490 in specie, of which £37,040 is in gold, and £22,450 in silver. Advices from India and China state that at Cal cutta, May 7, exchange on London was quoted 2s. 111.; at Bombay on the same date money was reported to be in good demand, and exchange 2s. iti ; at Canton, 26th April, exchange was 4s. 96d ; and at Shanghai, on the 20th April, 65.6 d. The Bank of England return for the week ending Wednesday presents some very satisfactory altera tions, and shows the great improvement that has latterly taken place in the position of the establish ment. The bullion and reserve of notes have been increased, while an important diminution has been made in the stock of other securities. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation £20,416,805 Decrease .. 402,730 Bullion .. 13,713,943 Increase .. 446,497 Rest • • .. • . •• 3,290,033 Increase B. •II O. •• 9,306 Public Deposits • . 7,971,003 Increase .. 404,342 Other Deposits.. .. 12,882,042 • •• • • • . Decrease . 80,360 Seven Day and other Bills 451,242 Decrease •• •• 42,575 •• Government Securities 10,785,267 Other Securities No alteration. .. 20,414, Decrease .• •• •• •• 55 15 8,514 Notes Unemployed. .. 7,274,500 Increase .. .. 842,870 Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, during the last few days, has been in some measure suspended in consequence of the absence of many of the dealers at Epsom, In the private market tea has been at steady rates, while sugar has been held for fully previous prices. In coffee, rice, fruit, and spices, there has been no ma terial charge as regards values, while only limited dealings have token place in tallow, at about former prices. The National Bank, Old Broad.street, have just issued one of the most flourishing annual reports we have seen for many a year. The directors an nounce a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the capital of the bank, in addition to the Us. per share which was paid in February last. The amount of undivided profits this year, after paying the dividends, is nearly £130,000. Last year the undivided profits were £103,729 3s. 10d., after payment of tie February dividend. These figures show the confidence the public have in this old established bank. The prospectus of the Reading Ironworks Com pany (limited) has been issued with a proposed capital of £200,000, in 10,000 shares of £2O each. The first issue to be limited to 5,000 shares, £1 per share payable on application, and £3 per share on allotment, future calls not to exceed £2 per share at intervals of not less than two months, and inte rest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all calls paid in advance. This company has been formed for the purpose of purchasing and carrying on the old established business of Messrs. Barrett and Co., of Reading, iron founders, engi neers, agricultural implement makers, &c., &c., whose co-operation in the future business operations of the company has been secured. The directors have entered into an equitable and satisfactory agreement with the vendors, by which they will secure the freehold of the Kelesgrove Ironworks, Various other freeholds and leaseholds, as also the goodwill, stock, plant, and machinery, patent rights, &.J., which are now in profitable operation. The object of the company is to raise the capital named with a view to fully develop the manufacturing resources of the works, and to supply the rapidly increasing demand at home. A dividend of 10 per cent. is estimated from the date of the allotment of shares. Special meetings were held to-day by the pro. prietors of the London, the St. Catherine, and the Victoria Dock Companies, for the purpose of passing resolutions applying to Parliament for power to amalgamate the three institutions. At Paris this morni n Two O'CLO CK . g, according to Renter's elegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c., 66f. 70c. Heavy. The English Stock Market opened this morning with a firm appearance, but a flatter tone has since predominated. The alteration has been immaterial, Consols being quoted 91Z I for money, and 90 5.16 7-16, less the dividend, for the account, The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89; 1; Ex chequer Bills 12s. to Bs, die. for March, and '7B. to 3 3. dis. for June ; India 5 per Cents., 105 - 106 ; do. 4 per Cent., 100; the Debentures, 981; and the Bonds, 18s. dis. There hss been a moderate business in Foreign S tocks, but sales having preponderated many of the securities have receded. Mexican bonds have declined 1, t o 44k ; and the Sc r ip o f the New Loan, to 1 die. to par; Greek are also / worse, at 24 -I; Spanish Passive, I, being 34 1 ; and the Con solidifis aro down 1, at 48Z ; Russian Scrip is 1 better, being 31 4 prem.; and the Confederate Loan has advanced 1 per cent., viz. to 64 65 ; the S we di s h i s 21 3k prem. , and Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, and prices have, in some in stances, shown lees firmness. Metropolitan have receded £1 ; North-Western, 10s.; and Great Western, London and Blackwall, Midland, North Eastern (York), and South Eastern, ss, The Foreign and Colonial lines show no material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also at slightly reduced rates. Merchants' Bank have re ceded to 231; European to 121 ; Ceylon Company to 101 ; Egyptian Trading Company to 41 5e ; Hudson Bay Company to 19 - 4 1 -, ; and Ocean Marine Insurance to 211. BRITISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Ce p nt Reduced - 6Tew 3 er . Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 . ... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 8 12 3 7 Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £209 dank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 lOO Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 6.1 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 981 Ditto Bonds MAW Ditto under £l,OOO . 18 dim FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto _ 1859 Brazilitm 5 per Cent Ditto 42 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 B7l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent _, Ditto Account — hilian 6 per Cent Ditto 4k pei Cent . Colombian 6 per Ceat — Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 .—. Eivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lol} Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. ... ........ . ........ Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent, (Maremmana Railway ) -- Zile7lican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Scrip £l3 paid I pm Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account.... 3 Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ... Ditto Account - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. 49 84 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,' 3• Ditto Account 4Bl Russian .5 per Cent., 1822, i St — Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 — Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 . . Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 874 I Ditto 1864 Scrip, 110 paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Ditto Amount " Swedish, 4 per Cent rurkistt 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 69} Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account . . 701 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l} 70i 1i Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cant. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account. Ditto 6 par Cent, 1864 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid.... Ditto 1} per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Load •u Austrian, 5 per Cent„ Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f ®Ditto Account 971 Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. •l 5 francs 6Bl Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. No change. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, Wait ing American news. Week's sales, 41,030 bales, including 4,790 on speculation, and 9,650 for exports. Actual export, 23,112. Estimated stock, 341,500. Quotatioas— Middling Orleans, 289 ; Mobile, 281 ; Uplands, 28 ; estimated fair Egyptian, 281 to 29i ; Surat, 11 to 24. Weeks import, 39,866. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day. LONDON, May 27.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. CARDIFF, May 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Charles De• vontosh, for Rio Grande. SHIELDS, May 26.—Wind N.Y.—Sailed—Nearohus, for New York. PLYMOUTH, May 25.—Wind 6,E.—Arrived—Essea, from London for Melbourne. NEWPORT, May 25.—Wind N.—Sailed—Henry Clark, for New York. CLYDE, May 26.—Win3 N.W.—Arrived—William Rennie, from St. Jago de Cuba. SWANSEA, May 26.—Wind E.—Sailed—Joseph Thom son, for Valparaiso. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Sai!ed—Alliance and Dunifries, steamers, for gavre ; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRATZBEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 27 —Lerendi, front Gothenburg ; Klara Cathinca, from Neatvid ; Rapid, from Helsingborg. Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, for Dunkirk ; Seine (steamer), fcr Boulbgne ; Chanticleer (steamer), for Stettin; Maza gran, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning, Anchored—Bertha, from Shields, for Shanghai. Passed, May 26.—Tribune (ship), from Sunderland, for Callao. Passed, May 2 7.—Danelen (bark), from Sunderland, for the west; Liverp3ol, for New York; Royal Edward, for Sydney; City of Dunedin (ship), in tow, for the west; New castle, for Meares ; Avon, for Colombo—all from London. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. - - Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton June 18 via Marseilles ... June 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 2 . via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 2 via Marseilles May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. May 27 via Marseilles Jane 5. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 27. via Marseilles May 27 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 25 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May 27 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I May 30 Uttlifornia. and B r i t i sh Columbia. - - "The Western Riilway Company," says the Ra nce, " is prep ar i ng an Imperial train to convey their Majesties, on S unday next, to the Cattle Show and Agri cultural Exhibition at Evreux. The train is to leave a t nine in the morning and retur n at seven in the evening." Two former agents-de-change have just been appointed receivers-general —XI, Vacheron in the Cote d'Or, and M, Pullet in the Dordogne. The Juno screw frigate, bearing the broad pen nant of Captain Tricault, has just left Brest for the Indian Ocean. Earl and Countess Spencer have arrived at the Hotel Bristol on their return from Egypt. Lady Grey has alighted at the same hotel from Italy. A FORTUNATE JOCKEY.--Flatman, the jockey, has now won the French Derby four times —in 1837, f or Lord Seymour, with Lydia; in 1846, for Baron de Roths child, with Meudon ; in 1856, for the Prince de Beauvau, with Lion ; and now, for M. Delman°, with B o i s . Roussel'. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing hare dailways Paid, Price. Business don 100 atlantic Si. St Lawrenct. all 60 62 61 sk j liona.,Barodalt.Cent Inn it.. 103 104 1034 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 76 id I P 106 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 10 Do. Preference all 86 94 00 Buflalo,BrantotGodrich 10 , 77 82 o p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1812 00 Do. do. July 1, 187;. 100 77 8 100 Do. do. June 1,18; , 1 100 77 82 at Clcutta.,tS.Eastn.(l,... 100 101 103 st Cape Town Dock Seri, 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p.. 100 105 107 stock Last Indian. gm. sp. c. 106 1046 1056 105 44 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 4 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 t I P stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 14 73 4 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 63 65 66 100 Do. do. deferred— all 53 45 100 Do. 3 , 1 P. ef. stock all 48 50 100 Do, do. deferred... ... all 40 4 2 1 00 rJo. 4th Pref. stoo— all 27 30 30 1 00 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 t 7 stock Gtlndiarenin.gua.sp.c 100 104' 105 1014 20 Do. New gua. sp. e... 12 ) Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1026 1036 1026 206 Gt. W. oi Canada Shares all 10 10,i 204 Do. New 18 106 104 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 wtth't opt all 90 92 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par 4P stock Madras. guar., sp. o. 100 102 lu3 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 90 98 stock Do. 4.1 d 0........ 100 91 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Sielb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 Slelb. & Hobson's Bay, all 57 69 100 Do. 7p. c. Hortg. lids. all 10 Newßrur,swfOk t'S eau& Class A. and i 3. all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da6 p 0 lot bo 100 82 Mock Soinde ......... (100 1024 1031 le3i stock Do. Delhi.. • • 100 1 0 1 103 1024 10 Do. doae E 2 id to at Do. Punjaub .. c. all v 2 103 Do. Do. ...... ! 100 stook Do. Endus.St. Flo.) klOO 96 98 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT op.c.J4 vtJ uty 1877-S1 Ivo 103 105 1041 Do. a p.c. leeb:& Aug. 100 102 04 Do. 6p. o.lllr. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. p. a. Jan.&July. 10i 90 1.1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape C.llope, 6 p c,187:3 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 108 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 10u 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 0p c 100 101 IC4 'Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 105 108 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 1)0 106 108 , N.B.Gov. a.&Jul) 100 101 103 bo. 6p. e.Ap. & poL. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5p x,,18,, 10u 99 100 1021 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to Lir 100 99 101 Do. d0.,1888 aupwds 100 99 101 103 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 'Nova Scotia Gov. sp. c. sterling, 1875 lou 103 105 ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 IS. Aua G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 - I Vic.(iov. 6p.O.JILW - d13,1 100 - I Do. to 6v.°. AD. ~ .()at.. 100 108 109 _lO9 National Rifle Association, The May general meeting of this association was held yesterday afternoon at Willis's Rooms—the Duke of Cam bridge, president of the association, in the chair, supported among others by Lord Grosvenor, Lord Dude, Lord Tan kerville, the Marquis of Donegal, Lord Radstock, Lord Bolton, Lord West, Lord Eleho, M.P., Lord Bury, M.P., Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P . , M r F re d e rick Byng, Mr R. Forbes, Lieut.-Col. R, L oy d Li n d sa y, V. 0., Hon. Lieut. Col. Charles Lindsay, C o l. J. S . N ort h, M.P., Major Tin ley, Lieut.-Col. Grey, Lieut.-Col. Bigge, Major Harrison, Mr. Martin R. Smith, Major J. S. Oxley, Major H. A. Templer, Lieut.-Col. Hon. A, Egerton, Lieut.-Col. Man ners. Mr W. Wells, Mr A. G. Mackenzie, Mr J. C. Lux moor?, Captain Macgregor, Lieut. Thos. Scott, Lieut. Mar riner, Lieutenant-Col. Bower, Lieut. Hawker, Mr F. G. Goodliffe, Major Aldridge, Mr. Westley Richards, Captain Leech, Mr C. D. Bedford, Mr A. S. Tomkins, Capt. Wil liams, Capt. S. Flood Page, and Capt. Edmond St. John Mildmay. The meeting was annouaced to commence at hilf-past 2 o'clock, but as the Duke of Cambridge had not arrived at 3 o'clock, Lord ELcno stepped on to the platform and sail that having waited half an hour he would read a few notes that he had put down for the noble chairman. By the time that he had read them he hoped his royal highness would be in the room ; until then they would have no formal chairman. The association was very prosperous. They were receiving additional favourable support, and two new county associa. tions, Cornwall and Northumberland, had joined them. They had invested £3,245 9a 5d in Exchequer Bonds, and upwards of £427 in India Bonds, making a total of £3,673 4a 5d invested in good securities. They had a balance at the banker's of £744 18s 7d, and a sum of £222 13s 5d in the hands of th e secretary. The balance in favour of the associa tion was £4,646 16s sd. (Hear, h ear .) The prize list showed a considerable increase. I n 1853 the number of pr i zes com peted for was 316, amounti ng in value to £4,12 8 , w hil e thi s year they had 626 prizes to b e s h ot f or, o f the aggregate value of £5,173. Altogeth er t h ere were 1,070 more prizes to be competed for by volunte ers this year than lest year . Th e entrance fee for the Queen's Prize had bean increased to 20s, giving corps more re presentatives to shoot for it. The change had already proved advantageous, as there were 1,675 entries as against 1,145 last year. That gave a certain income to the association of £1,675 to face the Wimbledon expenses. With regard to the prizes, he had the gratifica• tion of stating that the Earl of D -rby and the Duke of De vonshire, as Chancellors of the Universities of Cambridge and Ox o: d, had presented a challenge plate. The Marquis of Tweeddale had given a prize to be shot for by gunmakers. Lord tie Grey and Ripon had given 4 £5O prize. The Wim bledon Cup was also a new prize; it would be only second to theQueen's,and was intended for those who had distinguished themselves on former occasions. Then there was the Enfield Association Cup, Mr Bass's, M.P., prize of £.50, Mr Dill wyn's, M.P., prize, value £5O. The City prizes would also be a feature ; £520 had been collected through the exertions of Mr NI. Smith, of the Victories, and Major Oxley. They would be shot for by volunteers in two classes. Among the donors were the Lord Mayor, the Bank of England, kc. Out of the 30,000 Volunteer artillerymen only 14 shot at Wimbledon last year, and to induce a g rea t er num b er t o compete prizes this year would be given f or t h e i r weapon— the carbine. (Hear, hear.) The targets would he the same as those hitherto used, Last year it would be remembered that Mr. Hill's system of marking was adopted, but with considerable departures from his plan, resulting in acci dents. Cardboard targets on the the Swiss principle had been introduced to them, but would entail £5OO additional expenditure. They had seen Mr, Hill's system on his ground, and considered it safe, and therefore resolved, if possible, to use it. With a view of t scertaining if it was safe they had communicated with Lord Paulet, who sent down Captain Wigram, of the Coldstream Guards, to see the system in operation. That officer, in his report, said that it was impossible for any accident to happen, and that the markers were safe. They would, therefore, adopt Mr, Hill's system of marking in its integrity. They would have a tramway laid down, horsed by the military train, which would be a great improvement and save competitors the fatigue of walking from one firing point to another. It weuld cost from £2OO to £3OO, but would soon repay itself. Theis) would be a great many men in camp ; four corps had arranged to pitch tents. Corps could have tents, provided that they had not more than 50 men on the ground, and not less than 20 men, two-fifths of whom must, however, be members of the association , The distribution of prizes would take place at Wimbledon, and not at the Crystal Palace as heretofore. Lord Elcho concluded by announc ing that the Duke of Cambridge (who had shortly before this entered the meeting and taken the chair) had consented to review the Volunteers on the last day of the meeting. The Duke of CAMIIRME said that he was now ready to receive suggestions, and he invited discussion. Captain TEmILE3 complained that a sufficient number of prizes was not given for competition by the breech-loader. A trial bad taken place on Saturday at Harrow between the Prussian needle-gun and the long Enfield, which gave the palm to our weapon. Lieut. GOODLIEFE, London Rifle rigade, did not approve paper targets, and considered that " any position " should be allowed for the second stage of the Queen's Prize. Mr. Luxmocain said that the volunteers were taught to fire kneeling, and that it would be unfair to have any poi tion for the second stage of_the " Queen's." After some further discussion, in which Capt. OSGOOD, 3d City, recommended prizes for unknown distances at Wimbledon, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said, as the owner of woods in rear of the butts, he must protest against prizes for unknown distances, as already, with known distances and good shoot ing, bullets found their way into his woods. After some further discussion, in which Gen. Boileau, Col. Bower, Capt. Willi ams, Mr Hemming, M r. M. S m ith, Capt. Macgregor, L or d Bury Lieut. Marriner, and other s took part, the Speak er o f the House of Commons was una nimously elected one o f t h e trustees of the assoc i at i on. The Duke of CAM BRIDGE then said that he h oped t h ey would not be led a way b y the Prussian needle-gun. He hoped they would encourage , breech-loaders. He had seen the needle-guns in th e h ands of troops, and there was a great ri escape of gas from t h em. --e must remind them tha t in th e question of amm un i t i on they must bear in mind the replen ishing the supplies an d the difficulties in the way of d o i ng so, He did not say that they would or would not come into use. As regarded the rules, everybody had his fear and fancy. He was sure the council were anxious to meet the views of everybody, but it was impossible to please all. Last year he had asked them not to overlook the claim of the na tional weapon, and he still had to do the satire. As regarded the position for shooting, " any position " wo uld give an un dueapologising for being l ate, which was owing to the day of th e meeting having bee n a l tered. On the motion of Gen. B oiLEAu advantage to one m an over another. H e oonc l u d e d b y a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. REF RACTION.—An extraordinary o is f e, th th e e s t e o a p , was lately witnessed by a party h O °r p B e metres ree. above ioanfnad T t aEannßo PortugueseeßaoiEtf isttTußdi this phenom enonh A of L iio2Boopo reaching,in effecting the ascension of the e e La n t i the ia Peak of Teneriffe. On their ' of the volcano , which has the shape of an enormous pyramid they were astonished to y mountains, which at the horizon masses of mountains which could not ve r e or weree least e a e t was therefore Canary f Islands but belong to some vast continent. The archipelag o andi N ot h f o w o r r i t z h o t n h i e o r these—and . one tourists,tt a h k e ei their t feet, he wa appearance it ahr aa w dn e cb r America, at length recognized the Alleghan o w to f a t m s h a i e s t 2,500 miles from the spot. This spectacle was due to a sin gular effect o f mirage, or terrestrial refraction, produced by the moist W.S.W. wind which blew at the time. As the utmost extent of vision which can be obtained from the top of the Peak of Tcneriffs is not more than 150 miles, the dis tance supplied by retraction was im this case not less than 2,350 miles ! The Alleghanieo extend for 1,200 miles from the frontiers of the State of Georgia to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence. A SOLITUDE, FIT FOE Z IllimEß—iii , r, ANN : —tine of the law reporter s in the Times yesterday indulged himself and the public generally with the following im. pressiVe reflections I --Any man who says," I want to be alone, to find some shade, some solitary gloom, there to shake off these harsh tumultuous cares that vex my life," had better visit Westminster -hall on a Derby-day. There he can get as much shade and gloom as he pleases. Some body speaks somewhere of the "sunbeams dancing as the zephyrs play." No one need expect to see such a ballet in Westminster hall on the Derby-day, for the sunbeams avoid the place, however invitingly the zephyrs may play ; and the only thing that he has any pretensions to shining is the orown of the one policeman's hat, as that worthy thrusts his head through the entrance doors to see that the hall has not ,i moved on" or off. The superior courts are nearly de serted, and the few persons to be seen move about as though the day were Sunday and they had no business there. Even the stentorophonic usher seems afraid of his "silence," an d 1 subsides into a whisper. Everybody appears to ask him self " Why am I here ? The lawmakers have taken a holy day, Why am I here r If any man had the courage to put the quession aloud, he might not find echo's answer very complimentary. [ADVERTISESIENTI—CotisuMption, all nervous bilious , liver, and stomach oomplaints, In every stage, are only ag gravate i and accelerated by drugs Of eves,description, but .erfecay curable by Du Barry's health restori n ,Z_Revalente Arabica Food, as proved b y thousands of cases which :'.. al been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fles hy gia—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. Janes Roberts, of Feta ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.--Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.--Cure, No, 54,816. The Rev. James T. Canabell, 1 ken— --'a 1, am, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted • all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b, 11s; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town ot,,the United Kingdoms Floating Telegraph Stations, Can a vessel be construelfei of sufficient strength, and held by chains and anchors strong enough to withstand the elements. On this would seem to depend the sticcees or failure of the Floating Telegraph Station and Lightship Company's scheme. This company proposes to connect the Scilly Isles with the Land's-end by a submarine telegraphic cable, and then extend this electro wire out to sea to the S.W. When the heavy wire has been laid to a sufficient length, a light end is to be brought up to a floating buoy, secured by a chain to the anchor of a vessel which is to be stationed to receive it. Where the heavy wire ends the submarine cable is to be moored by anchor and buoy, so that it may be lifted whenever required. The ship is to ride with the light end over the bow carried to the buoy over the ship's skeleton anchor, it then drops to the bottom and goes to the shore. The ship will thus swing with the submarine wire, and no strain can effect it, because the ship's chain cable is shorter than the electro cable. The wire cannot foul, and the ship can be canted back by sail or steam power so as never to allow of a complete turn. There never was such an occurrence as the loss of a lightship. They ride out all weathers around the coasts of the United Kingdom, off the shores of America, in the North sea, the Baltic and Indian Ocean. They break the hurricane, the typhoon, snow storms, and gales. A Parliamentary blue book states that there is no instance recorded of the wreck of a lightship. If the link of a chain gives way from wear and tear the vessel's iron anchors are let go. It was said 30 years ago that a lightship could not live at an anchorage off Scilly. Despite the warnings of croakers, one was placed there, and she rides more securely than those stationed in shallower water, because she rises and falls easier, and is no t exposed to ground-swells or short chipling seas, which tries the metal of the chain cables. The Floating Telegraph Station and Lightship Company's next point will be west ward of Cape Race, about 20 miles off the shore. This will be in the fair way of navigation for vessels bound to and from British and Federal America. The President of the Board of Trade stated, in reply to a question put to him in the House of Commons, that Mr. Inman would willingly contribute to the placing of fog signals. At Cape Race these warning signals are much needed, for if a vessel, after steaming across the Atlantic is slightly out of her course, she may be brought up against the rock-bound coast of Newfoundland. If a commander shapes hie course by a vessel out at sea, and this vessel is provided with efficient flag signals, there must of necessity be greater security for life and property. The estimated earnings of the telegraph ships in reporting passing vessels, receiving press, commer cial, Government, and private messages, is so high that the directors, it is said, dare not quote them. One holies cal culates upon saving XlOO on every ship they charter in one particular trade by calling off the Scilly Light Ship for orders, and thus saving towage, port charges, and other expenses. A ship can report and heave-to at sea for in structions as to where she is to discharge. Even samples, if necessary, can be landed at Scilly and sent to Penzance, there to be despatched by rail. Once establish these vessels and it will be found that they will become indispensable to merchants and the public generally. The Emperor of Russia may communicate with the captains of his vessels at the entrance of the Channel, and all other sovereigns may countermand orders, or give the latest instructions to commanders in like man ner. It will be pleasant for the Australian who is homeward bound, to receive a letter at Scilly apprising him of the health of those dear to him. This intercepting vessels at sea, by a floating house-of call, supplements the land system of telegraphy, and supplies a vacuum. They will reduce premiums on shipping in many cases ; for instance, a premium of 40 guineas was paid a few days back on a vessel that was detained at the entrance of the Channel near three weeks, by an easterly wind. We should think the owners would have only been too glad to have heard of her safety, .and to have engaged the services of a tug, Even passengers by a sailing vessel, kicking about so near home, we suspect would have been disposed to have clubbed together to employ a steamer. Then, again, these vessels are to floating ships, chandlers' shops. The Admiralty have occasionally to send steamers down past Sicilly to supply water and provisions to the crews of vessels retarded in their voyage by contrary winds. Seamen will soon find out where a bag of biscuit is to be got, and there is no reason why a trade should not be conducted in this line. It is said that if these vessels were supplied with wines, beer, and spirits the consumption would be surprising, especially off Newfoundland. Anchored beyond the jurisdiction of the revenue officers, they could get supplies of wines and brandy duty free. However, the directors are gentlemen of posi tion, and to their charge the care of keeping up the charac ter of the ships must be entrusted. Altogether there is certainly something novel in this Telegraph, Store, Mail, and Tug-boat Company. There is a life-boat to succour crews, which may unhappily be needed; for, among other casualties, the Amazon, West India mail packet, was burnt off Scilly. Spare cabins are to be provided for shipwrecked crews or passengers; lights to guide the mariner, a tug to tow vessels into port, and a steam whistle to give warning in fogs or hazy weather. Such a combination of money making, allied to philanthropic projects, ought to prosper efficiently conduct ed. The Maze of the Franchise, (From the Owl.) Mr. Gladstone has forwarded us the following correspondence. His letter to us, explaining the apparent inconsistency of his two answers, is, we regret, too long and involved for publication:— " 94, Piccadilly, May 13, 1864. "My dear Gladstone,—l have just read your speech on Mr. Baines's Borough Franchise Bill. What does it all mean ? Several persons. have been to see me this morning, and they tell me the town is aghast and troubled at the extreme views which you have enunciated. It is certainly unfortunate. We ,;:re very happy, prosperous, and free in Eng land. vviv not leave well alone P Did you reculer pour tnieux sat.'!er—or sauter pour tnieux reculer Your speech is sum. -ritible of either explanation ; or will you tell me that the fatal sentence about moral right, in which the House 2f Commons and the Press seem to see lurking an advo.:!acY of universal suffrage, was a philosophical axiom to ,he corrected by the limits which you define ?If so, I can say is, you bare been too long a member of Par,." ment to think of talking philosophy to the House of Commons.—Yours sincerely, " PALMERSTON." " 11, Carlton.house-terrace, May 13, 1864. "My dear Lord Palmerston,—l have received your note, and will be as frank with you as you are with me, 1 was, as you know, determined to be most careful about every word I said, and not to commit myself or the Government to any measure at all. I must fl Otter myself I succeeded admirably. I confined myself to generalities, and, as I think you will allow, if you examine them closely, to generalities of the most Conservative character, I said that if there was personal disqualification or political danger the moral right' which each man has to give his vote must be set aside. Nothing is safer than this, because political danger may be de tected in any franchise by those who have wit and power enough to give effect to their fears. I added that I should be the last person to desire that the working classes should acquire an overwhelming preponderance in our political system, and I wound up by saying that the select few wound be admitted as guardians and preservers of the British Consti tution.—Believe me, dear Lord Palmerston, yours very truly, "W. E, GLADSTONE." " House of Commons, May 12, 1864, 7 p.m. "M dear M. Gladstone,—l was delighted at your speech this morning, but still, after to-night you will not, even below the gangway, find a congenial sphere. We are very few of us in favour of so near an approach to universal sufirage ; indeed, as far as I am myself concerned, I have been held so cheap by the great mass of working men that I should be very sorry to see any great number of upper towers' coming in to swamp the lower middles,' as you call them. You are going too far for me.— Believe me yours faithfully, "JOHN BRIGHT." " 11, Carlton-house-terrace, May 13, 1864. "My dear Mr. Bright,—l have received your note, and will speak frankly to you. I was, as you may guess, determined to be most studied in every I said, and not to commit myself or the Government except with my eyes open. I must flatter myself I succeeded admirably ; and though I confined myself to generalities, I think if you examine them you will allow that they are generalities of the most Democratic character. I said that, barring certain dik qualifications, every every man has a moral right to give a vote. Nothing 1 .; more advanced than this, because it lays on the 01:l onents of an extension of the franchise the burden :_se proof that the claimants are disqualified. I added, as yc,". may remember, that I should be the last person to desire . that tha working-classes should acquire an overwhelming preponderance, and this should please you as champion of the lower middles. " I hope and believe, my dear Mr Bright, that you will lay aside your dislike of the real working man, and that, under my auspices, you will soon be called upon to tinker and reform the British Con stitption,---I remain, yours faithfully, W, E. GLAPBrzniF"" WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated _London News.) The will of the Hon. and Very Rev. Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope, M.A., Dean and Rector of St. Buryan, Cornwall, formerly residing at Trevor•square, and late of Hans-place, Chelsea, was Proved in London, on the sth inst., by his relict, the Hon. Caro ine Stanhope ( laughter of the Hon. C. Wyndham), to whom he has left the whole of his estate, real and personal, absolutely, The testator executed his will in 1838, and died in April last, aged 77, and was the fourth son of the third Earl of Harrington. The will of George Wheelhouse, many years die tiller, of 1/ ptfcrd-bridge, Kent, was proved in London, on the 20th inst. The personalty was valued under £lOO,OOO. The testator died on the 28th nit., at the age of 92, and does not appear to have left any relatives. He has disposed of a large portion of his property, including his real estate, amongst his five executors and trustees, with the exception of £13,450 to charities and £2,800 to personal friends. The will, and a codicil, were executed on Aug. 12, 1863, and are drawn up in the handwriting of Mr. Bristow, the executor and solicitor, and attested by the testator's servants. Fanny Eilis and Charles Starkie. The testator's signature is remarkably good. The will commences with the following charitable bequests:—The British and Foreign Bible Society, £1,000; the Westminster Hospital, Middlesex Hospital,Charing• cross Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North London Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Metropolitan Free Hospital, Seamen's Hospital Society, Royal Hos pital for Incurables, Royal Infirmary for Children and Women, Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London City Mission, Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, £5OO each. The Great Northern Hospital, Association for the Belief of Destitution in the Metropolis, Baptist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist Missionary Society,and the Benevolent or Strangers' Friend Society, £3OO each ; Royal National Life boat Institution £250, fora lifeboat for Bridling ton ; to the Scarborough Dispensary, £2OO ; the poor of Deptford, £500; £2,500 for the erection of 43 dwellings for the poor of Scarborough, each occupier to receive 30s. every Christmas. The residue of his property the testator leaves in trust to his executors, to hold for such uses and purposes as by codicil or deed he might direct, and in default to be appro- priated, within three years after his decease, in such way as the majority of them may in their judgment agree upon. The executors and trustees appointed are Alfred Rhodes Bristow (solicitor of the Admi■ ralty), John Flesher, of Easingwood, Yorkshire, minister ; William Hodgson, of Grimetone, York shire, gentleman ; Rowntree (of the Society of Friends) ; and Edward Welch, of Lewisham, gentleman. By the codicil the testator bequeaths to the three first-named executors £5,000 each, to Welch £2,000, and Rowntree £l,OOO, as token of esteem, free of legacy duty, and gives such five legacies irrespective of any interest they may ulti mately take in the residue. To Mr Gay Shute, sur• geon, £5OO ; and to Mrs George Verney, Mrs Samuel Noble, Mr Simpson, of New Cross, Mr Thomson, of Deptford, each £2OO ; Me J. H. Hart well, £500; Alfred Isaac Bristow, son of his execu tor, £5OO ; to Christ's Hospital, £500; the Rev. Moray, of Deptford, £100; Mrs Edward Welch, £2OO. Tte testator has devised his freehold at or near Deptford Bridge (in part of which he resided), to his executor, Mr Bristow. The will of Francis Morgan, Esq., of Bedford square, waa proved under £160,000 ; that of Ben jamin Sampsin, Esq., of Great Wood, in Myloe, Cornwall, £35,000; and that of Benjamin Golden Kent, Esq., of Levant Lodge, 'Worcester, £45,000. THE DERBY.—The anxiety manifested at the telegraph-office and at the Globe Hotel, Melton, broke into unbounded enthusiasm on the announce ment of Mr. I'Avson's victory with Blair Athol. In Blink Bonny's famous year the joy was not more profuse. Banners were run up on all flag-staffs, and Mr. PAnson'e colours (green and gold) were seen everywhere. Nearly all the Malton sporting people are considerable winners. The new paddle-wheel steamer the Washington, announced to take her departure from Havre for New York on June 15, is to serve as a pioneer for the French Transatlantic Company, which will henceforth have a regular line between Havre and New York, and, in a few months, between St. Nazaire and Mexico, served by steamers more powerful than those now used. The Mayor of Rouen has published a notice fix ing the openieg of an exhibition of the Beaux Arts in that city for the let October next, and the close for November 15. Works of all nations will he ad mitted, subjeot to the approbation of a committee. The game and poultry market, held on the Quai des Grands-Augustins, is about to be removed to the eighth pavilion of the Central Holies. The churches of the Reformed religion are prepar ing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the death of Calvin, which occurred at Geneva on the 27th May, 1564, The Presbyterial Council at Paris has decided that, in order to do honour to the memory of the great Reformer, two public histo rical lectures shall take place in the church of ta ,q Ocatoire, 157, Rue St. Honore, on Friday and next, at eight in the evening. They will Saturci a ii'v be delivers by M. G. de Felice, author of the .!_l Histoire des Pr ( ;!estvnts Francais, end professor at the Faculty of ThOlogy at Montauban. WILLIAM IV. OR HEN'..TtY IX ?—The King had expressed a strong preference for hi' second name of Henry, which he liked much betttr than that of William. The day after the death of George IV. Miss liolen Lloyd met the King at the house of Lady Sophia Sydney ; she asked him familiarly whether he was to be proclaimed az‘ King William or as King Henry. "Helen Lloyd," he replied, " that question has been discussed in the Privy Council, and it has been decided in favour of King William." H e added, " that the decision had been mainly influenced by tue idea of an old prophecy, of which he had never heard before, nor had he any evidence that it had ever been made. The drift of the prophecy was, that as Henry V 111. had pu ll e d E :own monks and cells, Henry IX. would pull down belle."—Diary of a Lady of Quality. bishops sAL anEocc THE STORES OF THE GEORGIA.—The ship's stores of th, celebrated Confederate screw steamer Georgia were on Wea.,nesday sold by Mr. Green, at an auc tion hold in Warehouse B 2 of the Birkenhead docks. Th e stores comprised gnat qu a ntities of clothing, preserv e d meats, casks of rum, sugar, nas. , thieses, tobacco, tea, co ff ee, spices, tierces of beef and pork, bread, flour, raisits, peas, rice, oatmeal, &c. The Georgia, from the very nature of the warfare in which she was engaged, was provided with flags of almost every nation under the sun, orcl these being hung up as part and p ar cel of the stores for sale gave a gay appearance to the otherwise very dingy building. There was a brisk competition, and the prices realised were good. A fire broke out a few days ago among the brushwood on the Panouse hills, near Marseilles, ana burnt until the evening of the following day. More than fifty firemen were on the spot the whole time, endeavouring to extinguish the flames. On the second evening of the fire a body of several hundred soldiers were about to be sent off from Marseilles to assist, when information arrived that the disaster was at an end, and that their aid was no longer required. The Belgian Moniteur no longer publishes any bulletin relative to the Duchess of Brabant, from which fact it may be concluded that her Royal Highness and the Young Princess Stephanie are in perfect health. The Gazette of Northern Germany publishes the speech of M. Arnim to the King of Prussia, and the text of his Majesty's reply. The King's language was faith fully summed up in the telegraphic despatch, and contains nothing that can throw any light on t h e real intentions o f Prussia. Nevertheless, in spite of this calculated reserve, the moderate fraction of the Conservative partey,Lpgre seated by Count de Bismarck. looks upon which has answer as a categorical refusal of the eventunal:ahnnexation of the Duchies to Prussia. The other fractuteo m a c ia n d e e s . o, address, wid been charmed with the recetion given t affirmation; probably see in the reply ac onthraatry without doubt, a discussion on that point des .Etrangers, the According to the Gaze the application for a coin- Emperor has received favourably the coin in favour of Dr C t mutation of punishment presented to have been °u y de la Pommorais. llis Majesty is said touched the prisoner's father, and by the by the solicitations of prisoners wife. urgen t su pplications of the p A Berlin lette r states tha t Meyerbeer in his will has indicated all the arrangements which are to be observed for the execution of the " Africaine," which is to be posi tively repre sen t e d at the Grand-Opera, but under the title of "Vasco di Gams. The e xperiments at Valentin, in Spain, for get ting a crop of silk in the open air, have been attended with go od results. This year the words bred in that manner 'area; au excellent appearance, nth SUN, LONDON% FRIDAY EVENINCT, MAY 21, 1864._ SEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. I Blr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Fiest.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Core and Bandon Cornwall Do A D o. B till6pc.pan.has IA 2" et s n 3 dix been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock __ Ditto EastAl;glian st GreatNorthof Scotland G rest Northern...—. • Do A stook Do El do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan , Great Western • • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashla & Yorkshir, London and Blackwa; Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Doves Lon. & North Western Lon. & So%th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. • Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Binning'. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Jlid Kerrt Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee, Nth. Eastern—Berwto6 1 Do,_G.II.E. purohast Do'Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stooi, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Due aines, Wok. ,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, IbOG Taff Vale... ... . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta, and Pim Waterford & Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.d&K West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford P a id . Closing I Busines,, Prue. I done. 111 lii Si 9 83 85 1181 1191 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 104 106 161 471 64 74 129 131 138 140 128 132 90 92 64i 642 111} lllf 66 67 103 iO5 40 4 4 1101 1111 971 080 54 541 I'4 115 132 k 133 103 105 50} 61 24i t 5 1010 102 1011 t 67 68 89 90 127 130 ' 16 26 p 76 78 10 111 t2l 123 36 38 54 66 33 85 90i 91 101 106 74 64 564 374 04 10 • 8 84 170 175 6 7 3 E p 100 105 21 23 90} f } BRITISH MINES, 2 'Jambrian Consol. Gold 1 I d uliflortt Amalgamated 32 34 Devi Gr. Con..,"ravlst ) 1 560 670 East Cassett(lllogan) 30 t 7 70 Etst Clogau Gold Ltd - East Caradon 1.14.0 294 304 -- East Cam Bret.. W'lltussel (Tavistk )I 8.13.0 34 4 G am.ds St. A u ( n Gwen ' 584 7 9 1 ,151 reat South 'I olgus 17e 24 3 14 , 4 ' Vor (Helston 40 33 35 .terc-d's-Foot 8 ingston Downs 42: Lady Bertha Margaret (Clay Lela ' nt i: 81 : 82 6:0 i M 8318 4 54 4 17 -- marke Valley.. 4 New ndy Setun l9 Iron Or. (Lim , 251 85 15 90 1 d -- orth Downs 2l 11 11 N.Wlet Baseet(lllogan 3.1.0 14 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 2) Crovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(SLCleer 14 450 170 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran, (Mogan 18.18.9 40 45 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 27 Tamar Silv.a Lead Kim I Pin Crott 4 18 19 ' West Basset (Mogan) l4 9 (Cl W C , radon (Liskeard: 5 16 18 West Seaton Wheal Basset (Illogan ; 55 90 95 Wheal Bullep(Redruth) 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.8 WhealLudLott ........ 3.5.8 14 2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 14 Wheal 3eton 584 220 230 %Theft' Tretawney (Lis ), 7 20 21 Wheal Union 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 5 per cent., 109 Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pt., 974 81 West Midland gua. Shares 54 per cent. 1863, 51 . London and Brighton, 5 per oent. gua. stock, No. 1, 111 Midland 44 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 14 PREFEKENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Est., B 8 per cent., Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. 80 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED IIENTALS. Birkenhead, 83 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 103 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gus. 7 per oent., 17} FOREIGN MINES. St. John del Rey (lim.), 161} United Mexican (iiin;, 6k Vancouver Coal, Yudananaitana of S. Australia, Um, 3 • BANJO. Alliance (11m.). 62f 3f Ditto, new, 53 Anglo Austrian, Australasia, Ditto. new, 58 Bank of British Columbia, 111 Consolidated Bank, lim., I East London, lint.. 8} Ditto, new, 8 European Bank, lim. ' 121 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lien.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 141 Imperial Bank (lim.), 40 Ditto, new, 2441 Imperial Ottoman, 2111 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim. 61 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 21* London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 531 London and County, 6i 3 London, Hamburg. Cont. Exchange, MTh, 20 London Joint Stock, 474 London and South African, 25 4h Merchant Bank, lira , 2ii 3, Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 19 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 33 Oriental Bank Corporation. 62 :•cinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 131 Union of I.ondop, 58 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 7313 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10; City Offices, lim., 5 4; Company of African Merchants, llm., 2; Consolidated Discount, 1im.,8 Continental Union Gas, lim., 7; ; Credit Fonder, ilk Crystal Palace, 33; Discount Corporation, 15; East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim. 5j Gen. Credit and Finance of London, llm., 10; Hudson's Bay, ►9 Indian Carrying, Urn., 11 International Financial society, lim., 11; 11 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 71 ; Land Securities, lim., 5 London Financial AssoCiatiOn, lim., 27i (i Ditto, new, 10 04i i 1101 11 101 97 I 1131 13 133 21 31 2i _.._,~ SPORTING INTELLIG ENC E —This Day. EPSOM RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TE LEGRAPH.) THE OAKS. FILLE DE LAIR ... .1 BREEZE TOMATO Eighteen ran. EWELL PLATE. Nucleus Belle of the Vale 2 Moulsey Eight ran, LATEST BETTING. THE OAKS • 9to 4 agst Fille de I'Air (taken) 11 to 2 agst Teneriffe (taken) 7to 1 agst Tomato (taken) I 0 to 1 agst Finesse (taken) 11 to 1 agst Bre( za (taken) 160 to 8 agst Saragossa (titkenl 100 to 8 agst Molly Carew (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. Juxi Wye 1 Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley .............. 22 Stockbridge .......... 23 Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne ... 23 Worcest‘r (Summer) 3O Ipswich rvr. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford l4 Nottingham Winchester . 19 Southampton 2O Chesterfield .• 21 King's Lynn 2l Goodwood •••.•• 26 Au Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon .. .. Wolverhampton Reading Egham 01. ford lB OCT Bedford .. Northallerton .. 6 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Lincoln Glouoes ter Newmarket Houghton 24 THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS, The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said, with the outward mails, arrived at Alexandria on the 25th inst. The Cambridge, with the homeward mails, 134 passengers, and 680 packages of merchandise, ar rived at Suez also on the 25th inst. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. THE FIRST OFFENCE,—EIIZ3 Kempsun, a rather good looking but fashionably-dressed young female, was charged before Mr. Knox, with stealing 68 yards of delaine, the property of Mr Thomas Bradley, 6, Cranbourn-street, draper. Mr Bradley said that from information he received from a neighbour between 8 and 9 o'clock last night he followed the prisoner, and as soon as he came up to her she dropped at her feet a piece of delaine measuring 68 yards, of the value of V. Ha took the prisoner back to his shop, and sent for a constable and gave her into custody, when she denied taking the property. Police-constable 214 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and said she gave the address 3, Crown-street. Prisoner said it was 6, Great Earl-street. Mr Knox asked her whether she would plead before him or go for trial. At first the prisoner said she was not guilty, but after wards that she was, and that it was her first offence. Mr Bradley said that believing it was the prisoner's first offence he wished her to be dealt leniently with. Mr Knox said as he did not think the prisoner had been in prison before he would commit her for a month, but if she came before him again she would go to the sessions. THE CHARGE AGAINST A BETTING MAN OF PICKING POCKETS.—nomas Ashdown, who described himself as a betting man, charged by Hobbins, 91 C, with attempting to pick the pocket of a gentleman, was again brought before Mr Knox. On the last occasion the prisoner said he was acquainted with the gentleman, and Mr Knox remanded the prisoner that the gentleman might attend. Mr Turnbull, of Bromley, Kent, the gentleman alluded to, attended, and said he knew nothing of the prisoner. sergeant Girdon, 9 C, said he knew the prisoner to be nightly about the Haymarket in the company of prostitutes , and thieves. Prisoner said he was not the associate of thieves, though he was well known about the Haymarket. Mr Knox committed him fur three months, with hard labour, under the Vagrant Act. WESTMINSTER THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE.—Mary Anne Rogers and Margaret Long, two young women, were charged before Mr. Arnold with being disorderly in the streets. William Rolfe, 244 B, said that at half-past ten on the previous evening he was on duty in the Queen's-road, East Chelsea, and saw a great crowd outside the Coach and Horses public-house. The defendants were there, and some boys, quarrelling about a fight in which Rogers had been struck by one of the boys. Witness, after in vain attempting to remove Rogers, took her into custody. The defendant Long then came up, and signified her intention of being taken as well, and after a great crowd had assem bled she was taken into custody. It will be remembered that the above constable, having ma e a misrepresentation of the facts of a begging case to Mr. Arnold, some months ago, the worthy magistrate ex pressed a wish that he might never see him as a witness else he would not believe him wi, hout corroboration. Long denied the charge in into, and the other said that part was true and part false. Mr. Arnold, having ascertained that there were no other witnesses, said that he had already stated that he would never act upon Rolfe's uncorroborated testimony, and he did not intend to do so on this occasion. Tho prisoners were discharged. THAMES, AN UNPLEASANT MEETING —Mary Fitzgerald, a large and bloated woman, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with assaulting Mr Charles Giubb, a respectable tradesman. The prosecutor, who carries on his business of a general dealer in Denmark-street, St. George-in -the-East, was on his way home last night at 12 o'clock with a male friend, w hen the prisoner importuned him " for some purpose or other," and he pushed her aside aLd told her to go about her business, She immediately struck him a violent blow on the mouth with her obnched first and caused his lips to bleed. He sent his friend to the station-house for a police constable, anti gave the prisoner into custody. George Syer, a polies constable No. 481 A, said the prisoner made use of very bad language towards Mr Grubb. She was a most desperate prostitute, and very low. The prisoner, in defence, said that the prosecutor took indecent liberties with her, made use of vituperative lan guage, and called her an Iri,h Mr Grubb said there was not a word of truth in what the risoner said. Mr Partridge said the prisoner was a most abandoned and impudent woman, He fined her 20s, and in default 21 days' imprisonment. ounter when DARING ROBBERY.—Elizabeth Downey and Elizabeth Hardey were charged with stealing a coat valued at ss, ntjhiagerahapt:rcoaapnevdrltaiyiceao,rfltyCimaerholoiunsee.Clarissa purser , pawnbroker, 1, The prisoners went into the shop of the prosecntrix last a pair o f bolte. Tho ehopm s a a n id sh sh ew e but s h e did not purchase any. A coat sas o d n the coat was e coatf u found a a s t In H i a s r s l i e n y "P ' s f l e e :. ewdahnetreda t p o atrhf purchase boo t s, thcy came in. It fell on the iloor, an Downe y was seen to stoop, and is supposed to and have th been placed under her The shopman pursued, them, and brought them back. A b. ol• shawl. They for,left tahoedstlihoop man was sent Mr. Partridge remanded Harley, against whom there was a former conviction, and discharged Downey. Dan k of England Return,--Last Event An Account, Pursuant to the Act 7th an d Bth Vi ctor i a, 01) 32 ' for the week ending on Wednesd a y, th e 25 t h d ay a may, Ib64 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. .Notes ieBued .......427,691,305 Government Debt .411,015,1 CD Other Securities .. 3,634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,041,305 !Silver Bullion .... £27,691,305 I oprietors' capni.ANI27sI49IeOuSEPARTISKENT. Government Seca - Pu ta b i lic Deposits 0 : unity) ... 14 : 553.000 rates (including Rest ....... X10.7.15,2(17 eluding Excite- Other Securities .. 20,414,915 quer, s ay i ngs , r Notes ............ 7.274,500 Banks, Commis- j Gold and Silver ,872,633 nussioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7,971, 003 Other Deposita— 12,882 ,042 Seven Day and Other Bills 451,242 Coin ......... , .. X 39,147 , 3 -0 rd. X 39,147,320 URSHALL, Chief Cushier. May 26, 1861. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NORTH WOOLWICH.- The extensive premises of Mtssrs Silver and Co., clothiers, and indierubber telegraph wiry manufacturers, situated at N o rth Woolwich, were entirely destroyed b, fire yesterday morning. The joss is estimated at many thousand powad lII3T. Dover .. l3 York August ai Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stockton Devon and Exeter Derby 'OBNR. Share 1&14.' 9.16.4 12.10 86 $ II Hi ~_~